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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Incorporating the Quiltowen Land Settlement Association.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Lawrence, this sixth day
of December, 1912.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seven of the Land Settlement
Finance Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the
said Act”), it is provided that, as soon as practicable after
the complete execution of any agreement under the said Act,
application in the prescribed form shall be made to the Go-
vernor, by or on behalf of the purchasers, for an Order in
Council confirming the agreement in pursuance of the said
Act: And whereas by sections eight and nine of the said
Act it is further provided that upon receipt of such applica-
tion the Minister of Finance shall refer the same, together
with the agreement, to the Board of Land Purchase Com-
missioners for its report thereon; and if the Board reports
that the agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed the
Governor may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council confirm
the agreement accordingly: And whereas under the provi-
sions of the said Act an agreement, bearing date the four-
teenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and
twelve, has been entered into between Ernest Henry White-
man, vendor, of the one part, and George Allen, Alexandrina
Whiteman, Thomas Watson (Alfred Allen Goldsack and Gar-
land Stewart Campbell, as tenants in common in equal shares),
and Henry Abbot, purchasers, of the other part, for the pur-
chase of the land therein described, and the said purchasers
therein agreed to become incorporated as the Quiltowen Land
Settlement Association: And whereas application has been
made in the prescribed form for the issue of an Order in
Council confirming the said agreement: And whereas the
said application, together with the said agreement, was
referred to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for
its report, and the Board has reported that no roading
is required in respect of the said land, and that the said
agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, His Excel-
lency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion
of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
confirm the said agreement dated the fourteenth day of
September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under Part I of the Public Service Classification
and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908, and its Amend-
ments.—Teachers’ Superannuation.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day
of December, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
him by Part I of the Public Service Classification and
Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred
to as “the said Act”), and its amendments, and of all other
powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New
Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
revoke the Orders in Council made under the said Act on
the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred
and nine, and the twenty-second day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, and doth hereby amend
the regulations made under the said Act by Order in Council
dated the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and eight, in the manner hereinafter appearing;
and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers,
doth hereby make the further regulations hereinafter set
forth.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE regulations dated the 17th day of December, 1908,
   are hereby amended in manner following:—

(i.) As to clause 25 thereof, by deleting the word “fiftieth,”
and substituting therefor the word “sixtieth.”

(ii.) As to clause 26 thereof, by deleting the word “forty,”
and substituting therefor the word “fifty”; and by
deleting the word “twenty,” and substituting there-
for the word “thirty.”

(iii.) As to clause 41 thereof, by deleting the words “State-
ment of Receipts and Expenditure,” in the heading
of paragraph (5), and substituting therefor the
words “Revenue Account.”

2. Every contributor whose salary is for any reason tem-
   porarily stopped, or who for any period is on leave of absence
   without salary or at a reduced salary, and every contributor
   who is temporarily unemployed in the Education service but
   has not retired therefrom, shall, during the period in respect
   of which his salary is so stopped or reduced, or during the
   period of his temporary unemployment (as the case may be),
   in his discretion,—

(a.) Continue to contribute to the fund in the same manner
as if his salary had not been so stopped or reduced,
or as if he were not for the time being unemployed
in the Education service; or

(b.) Cease to contribute to the fund: Provided that a con-
tributor who ceases to contribute to the fund in
pursuance of this paragraph shall, on the expiry
of the period for which his salary is stopped or
reduced as aforesaid, or on the expiry of the term
of unemployment (as the case may be), contribute
to the fund at not less than double the rate at
which he would otherwise be obliged to contribute
until he has paid the full amount due from him by
way of arrears of contributions, and shall, in
addition, pay an amount equal to 5 per centum per
annum on all arrears for the time being remaining
unpaid.

3. (1.) Every person who elects in terms of section 5 of
   the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amend-
   ment Act, 1912, to become a contributor to the Teachers’
   Superannuation Fund shall be deemed to have become a con-
   tributor on the 1st day of January, 1906.

(2.) The length of his service prior to the said 1st day of
January, 1906, shall be deemed to be the number of years
completed by the contributor in the service of one or more
of the following bodies, viz.:—

(a.) An Education Board; or

(b.) The governing body of a secondary school; or

(c.) The managers of associated classes under Part VII of
the Education Act, 1908; or

(d.) The Education Department in the case of Inspectors
of Schools, managers of industrial schools, or teachers
of any schools under the control of the Education
Department,—

whether such service was continuous or not.

(3.) The percentage of his salary to be contributed to the
fund shall be at the rate determined by his age as on the 31st
day of January, 1906, in accordance with section 5 of the
Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment
Act, 1908.

4. (1.) The sum to be paid by any such contributor into
   the fund as a condition of his becoming a contributor shall
   be the total amount of the contributions that would have
   been payable by him in respect of the period between the
   1st day of January, 1906, and the date of his election, to-
   gether with interest thereon at the rate of £5 per centum per
   annum.

(2.) Such sum may be paid in one amount or by instal-
ments, as the contributor desires:

Provided that the total amount of the instalments paid at
any date shall be not less than half the total amount of the
ordinary contributions paid by the contributor in respect of
the period from the date of his election to join the fund to
the first-mentioned date.

(3.) Interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum shall
be payable as from the date of election to join the fund on
all moneys payable under this regulation and for the time
being remaining unpaid.

(4.) In the case of the retirement or the death of a con-
tributor the unpaid balance of such moneys, together with
the interest (if any) thereon, shall be a first charge on the
benefits to which the contributor or those claiming under
him may be entitled under the Act.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.